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  • Kabirayaki Rinka
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    Okinawa Ishigaki-shi Kabira 1216-60
    This pottery in Kabira, Ishigaki City makes tableware, shisa figurines, and other works of pottery with clay from Ishigaki Island. They also offer pottery classes in which participants can hand-built or wheel thrown vessel, their own shisa figure, or a Ryukyu glass accessory.

    シーサー特大サイズを家族で作りました。 ボディはあらかじめ先生が作ってくれて、顔の作り方を簡単にレクチャーしてもらった後に自由に作れるスタイルでした。細かいことは言われず、ポイントだけ教えてくれる感じだったので、のんびり楽しめて良かったです。また、粘土なので小学校2年生でも問題なく楽しめました。体の部分を作ってもらっているおかけで、上手・下手にかかわらず、出来映えは結構良くなります。 ちなみに、顔...

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  • Pottery Gallery Shimairo
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    Okinawa Pref. Urumashi Yonashirotoubaru 428-6
    Pottery Gallery Shimairo standing in a peaceful village surrounded by sugar cane fields on Miyagi Island is a pottery studio and gallery shop owned by Katsushi Shimabukuro, a pottery artist. In the studio on the first floor, the pottery’s manufacturing process can be observed up close. In a gallery on the second floor, a range of pottery from vessels and flower vases with monotone colors to plates and cups with light and gentle earthy colors are displayed and sold. A shaved ice shop next to the studio uses crockery made at Pottery Gallery Shimairo.
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  • Issui Pottery
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    Okinawa Nakagami-gun Yomitanson Nagahama 18
    "Issui Pottery is located in the Nagahama Yomitan Village, Nakagami Counry. It is the workshop of Takahata Shinya, an up-and-coming potter who has learned the technology of traditional Okinawan ""yachimun"" pottery, Tsuboya ware in Yomitan Village. Adjacent to the workshop is a gallery, where tableware decorated with lattices, dots, and modern use of color are on display and available for purchase."
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  • Miyagi Pottery
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    Okinawa Nanjo
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Okinawa Island (Southern) Naha / Shuri Okinawa Island (Central) Resort Area (West Coast) Nago / Motobu Peninsula Yanbaru Area Miyako Island Ishigaki Island Kerama Islands Yaeyama Islands Kumejima
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Let go of your image of a busy, ordered Japan and replace it with crystal-clear waters, white sand beaches, and relaxing folk music: You’ve arrived in Okinawa. A world away from the high intensity of Tokyo, Okinawans appear to live a laid-back beach life on this paradisiacal tropical island that lies in the middle of the East China Sea almost 1,000 kilometers south of mainland Japan’s most southern tip. Home to a spattering of islands, prepare yourself to discover underwater caves, star-shaped sand, and an island culture sometimes unrecognizable from mainland Japan.

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